Central Institute of Psychiatry

Central Institute of Psychiatry

Type	Public
Established	17th May 1918
Dean	Dr. S. Haque Nizamie
Address	Kanke , Ranchi , Jharkhand , India
Website	http://cipranchi.nic.in/

Central institute of Psychiatry is an institute that is directly governed by the Government of India. It is situated in Kanke, Ranchi in Jharkhand state of India.

History

The institute dates back to the days of the British Raj in India. The British established this hospital on 17 May 1918 with the name of 'Ranchi European Lunatic Asylum'. It had then a capacity of 174 patients (92 males and 82 females). It catered to the needs of the European mental patients only and it was under the direct control and management of Government of Bihar (then, Jharkhand was a part of Bihar).

In 1922, it was put under the control of a Board of Trustees with various participating state governments represented in the Board and in the very same year its name was changed to 'European Mental Hospital'. The year 1922 is also notable for the fact that the Institute was affiliated to the University of London for the Diploma in Psychological Medicine examination. It was a unique phenomenon since the postgraduate training in Psychiatry was nonexistent in India in those days.

Timeline

• The first Occupational Therapy Department in 1922,
• ECT in 1943,
• Psychosurgery and Neurosurgery in 1947,
• Clinical psychology and Electroencephalography (EEG) departments in 1948,
• a full fledged neuropathology section in 1952,
• the first use of Lithium in 1952 and chlorpromazine in 1953.
• A very modern radiology department with facility for sophisticated cerebral angiography, pneumoencephalography, air ventriculography, myelography etc. was established in 1954.
• Child guidance clinic in 1950,
• Rural mental health clinic at Mander in 1967,
• rehabilitation centre and sheltered workshop in 1967, and
• industrial psychiatry unit at HEC, Ranchi in 1973.

The Indian Psychiatric Society

The Indian Psychiatric Society was established in 1948 because of the efforts of this Institute and it is registered in Patna. The first draft of the Bill that subsequently became the Mental Health Act of India (1987) was written at C.I.P, Ranchi in 1949 by Dr. R.B. Davis, the then Medical Superintendent, Dr. S.A. Hasib, from Indian Mental Hospital, Ranchi and Dr. J. Roy, from Mental Hospital, Gwalior. The latter two too had worked at C.I.P., Ranchi at one time or other.

The Hospital

The hospital is spread over 210 acres of lush green campus. There are 16 wards - nine for male patients, six for female patients and a Family Unit. They have a total bed capacity of 643. Each ward is of pavilion type and has well laid out roads and lawns around it. The wards were built during the British Raj, and are named after eminent European psychiatrists and physicians. The wards are at some distance from each other, and the male and female sections are separated by a high wall. Unlike other mental hospitals, CIP, Ranchi has never been a custodial care facility. It has always been an open hospital and the patients are never confined to rooms. They are free to roam within the boundary wall of the hospital.

Every year, about 3000 patients are admitted and discharged after treatment. Individualized patient care is a regular practice in the hospital. Besides pharmacotherapy, electroconvulsive therapy, psychotherapies and family interventions are routinely employed. A milieu therapy approach exists where patients participate in running the ward and help in looking after other patients. Regular physical exercise, outdoor and indoor games and Yoga are on hand for the patients. A very well stacked library having books in English, Hindi, Urdu and Bengali as well as a number of newspapers and magazines is freely accessible to the patients.

Medical Training

Central Institute of Psychiatry is one of the premier training centers in India for mental health professionals. The erstwhile Hospital for Mental Diseases was recognized for D.P.M. of England in as far back as 1923, when postgraduate courses in Psychiatry were unheard of in India. In 1962, a postgraduate training centre was added to the institute, with D.P.M. and D.M. & S.P. courses. Other courses were added in due course of time, and currently the following postgraduate course in psychiatry and behavioral sciences are conducted at the Institute:

• M.D. (Psychiatry)
• Diploma in Psychological Medicine
• Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology
• M.Phil in Medical & Social Psychology
• M.Phil in Psychiatric Social Work
• Diploma in Psychiatric Nursing

The Institute is affiliated to Ranchi University. Admission to the various courses is through open advertisement in all the leading newspapers. The candidates are selected for admission by a Selection Committee constituted by the Director General of health Services, New Delhi.

Special Clinics

Special Clinics are held on particular days of the week.

• Mondays - Neurology Clinic
• Tuesdays - Sleep Clinic
• Wednesdays - Chronic Schizophrenia clinic, Skin clinic & Sex clinic, Movement disorder clinic
• Thursdays - Epilepsy Clinic
• Fridays - Memory Clinic
• Saturdays - Headache Clinic, De-addiction clinic
• All weekdays - Child Guidance Clinic & Mood Clinic